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lombard -> Sometimes it''''s the simplest things (7/5/2008 5:51:58 PM)
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So yesterday, I brought my boat to the river. I only really use my blazer once a week to pull the boat. Stopped at the gas station across the street to fill up the boat. Started the truck, and (just like last time), the truck started running rough and the check engine light came on. I think the steering column somehow manages to grab the spark plug wire on cylinder number one and unplug it. Going to readjust it this week. Anyway, I get to the boat ramp, shut off the truck, prep the boat for the water, then pop the hood and push plug wire #1 back on to the plug. Get back in to the truck to back the boat in, and when I turn the key, absolutely nothing happens. So here I am, blocking 3 parked truck/trailer combos. I''''m getting nothing when I turn the key. Figured I blew a fuse or something. Couldn''''t find any bad fuses, so I started to think that my alternator went bad and I drained the battery driving the boat to the river. Started calling friends to see if someone could at least pull me out of the way of the other people. No go.
Got a ride home, decided to grab my other vehicle and throw it''''s fully charged battery into the truck to at least get it moved out of the way where I could do a "field change" of the alternator. Started pulling the battery and noticed a ton of corrosion on the positive terminal. Cleaned it off with a wire brush and all was well....
From panicking because I was blocking people, to planning for a field operation to change the alternator, to simply having to clean the battery terminals. Argh.
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